February 1st: Testing results

We saw the launches of the Williams, Mercedes and Toro Rosso cars. Then, 7 of the teams headed out for testing at the Ricardo Tormo Circuit. Temperatures were around 12 degrees Celcius.

Felipe Massa finished top of the timesheets today, ahead of Pedro de la Rosa and Michael Schumacher. Massa completed the most laps (102) and set the fastest lap at 1:12.574. Mercedes were the onlt team to run both of its drivers, with Schumacher 3rd (1:12.947) while Rosberg was 4th (1:13.543). Robet Kubica was last, driving for Renault, lapping in a 1:15.000 as a fastest lap, 2.5 seconds slower than Massa.

The only red flag was for Rubens Barrichello, who spun while out on track at around 4.45 pm. Toro Rosso only got 18 laps in with Sebastien Buemi, because of a gearbox problem.

Full testing results:

Driver

Team

Car

Fastest lap

Difference

#of laps

1.

F. Massa

Ferrari

F10

1:12.574

102

2.

P. de la Rosa

BMW Sauber

C25

1:12.784

+0.210

74

3.

M.Schumacher

Mercedes GP

W01

1:12.947

+0.373

40

4.

N. Rosberg

Mercedes GP

W01

1:13.543

+0.969

39

5.

G. Paffett

McLaren

MP4-25

1:13.846

+1.272

86

6.

R.Barrichello

Williams

FW32

1:14.449

+1.875

75

7.

S. Buemi

Toro Rosso

STR5

1:14.762

+2.188

18

8.

R. Kubica

Renault

R30

1:15.000

+2.426

69

More photos of testing today (more photos in the individual car launches):